Escape

September 4th, 2008

“No, I’m not quite sure how you got there. Why don’t you try the Escape Key.”
“It looks pretty messed up to me. Why don’t you try the Escape Key.”
“No! You don’t want to do that! Quick, Hit the Escape Key!”

The Escape Key. That wonderful key whose main function is to get you out of whatever you just got into. I teach computers, and everyday, I have a student that somehow, someway, gets into a menu that I have never seen before and have no idea what it does. The menu usually says something like “Click on OK if you would like to reinstall the entire system at this time” or “You have accessed a secured government system; any further tampering will cause your location to be bombed.” My advice is
always: “Use the Escape Key!”
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Move on from failure

August 31st, 2008

We all fail in our lives. The problem, however is not the failure, but how we deal with it. Here are some suggestions that may help you:
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Attitude

August 31st, 2008

The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.
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